I would like to raise on this list the question
of what is going on in Serbia and where is it leading.
For over two weeks now there have been daily
demonstrations against the Milosevic government and
its cancelling of municipal election results, led by
the group Opposition. On some days the crowds in
Belgrade have been as large as 100,000 in number.
Most of those involved appear to be either students or
white collar workers with only one blue collar union
leader publicly supporting Opposition. The question
is, does the apparent lack of blue collar support for
Opposition reflect:
1) fear of the role of right wing Serbian
nationalists in Opposition?
2) placidity because of union leaders being
bought out by the regime?
3) fear of repression by the recently expanded
internal police?
or 4)) residual sympathy for the old
Yugoslav workers' management system?
Related questions are:
1) To what extend does workers' management
survive in Serbia (Paul P.?) (I understand that in
Slovenia it survives pretty well but has been pushed
back in mafia-nomenklatura privatized Croatia).
2) What is the balance within Opposition between
ultra-nationalists, pro-capitalists, and pro-workers'
management/market socialism types?
Barkley Rosser
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Rosser Jr, John Barkley
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